"Depleted Uranium and the Politics of Radiation"

Free Video Screening Jan. 29, 2003 Wed., 7 pm from Librarians for Intellectual Freedom (video about 1 hr, followed by discussion with special guests Leuren Moret and Fusako de Angelis. Light refreshments included.) "The Invisible War: Depleted Uranium and the Politics of Radiation" (c2001). French filmmaker, Michael Meissonier documents the long-term effects of depleted uranium on the civilian population of Iraq and on the US veterans of the Gulf War. Depleted uranium was used extensively by the US military in weapons such as bullets, tank shells and bombs during the Gulf War of 1990. Interviews with veterans and scientists help explain why so many vets, their spouses and their children suffer from illnesses and deformities. The video will be presented by Leuren Moret, scientist, enviornmentalist, and past president of the Association for Women Geoscientists. Also attending will be Fusako de Angelis of "Save the War Chldren" (http://www.savewarchildren.org ) a group which organizes exhibits of Takahashi Morizumi's "A Different Nuclear War: Children of the Gulf War" which is currently touring the US. At Richmond Library's Madeline Whittlesey Community Room, Macdonald and 27th, in Richmond. Call (510) 235-0438 or (415) 454 5183 with questions If you get there late, come on in anyway -- you will have to maneuver around the drapes.